I don't care. They voted for a man whose platform was EXPLICITLY about hurting the people I listed. If they did it out of a fantasy that it would reverse centuries of economic history, that is their problem. I stand with the gay, poor, sick, Muslim, non-white people that the government promised to hurt.

No. I am saying that his views on reconciliation are uninformed. As for drawing lines like Trump, that is utter utter bullshit. I do not wish harm on Colbert because he is white, rich or Christian. Trump and the US government do now wish harm on people who are not those things.

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Or if you are about to lose health insurance. Or if you are about to suffer from the increase in antiMuslim violence. Or if you are a gay person worried that a Trump Supreme Court will overturn your marriage rights. Or if you are a woman who relies on planned parenthood for health services. Or if you are a person who…

I'm not angry with Colbert, just disappointed.

Things obviously are not zero sum. Every single person on earth is better off in some ways at least than we were 2000 years ago. Things in general can and do improve.

Politics *is* all things at all times. Everything that happens in a society is political. And right now, people are in actual, real danger of harm. Stepping up to help and protect those people is a profoundly political action. In a society that has elected a leader who wants to hurt Muslims, helping Muslims is a…

Grieve if you feel you need it today, or this week. But tomorrow, or next week find an organisation that helps immigrants, or gay people, or Muslims. Ask them what they need. Join with others and be reminded that most people are not shit heads.

And that first African American president will, apart from his race, be historically insignificant. Every good thing he did will be destroyed by next summer. Healthcare access for millions, gone. The first serious climate change treaty, gone. The Iran deal, gone. Environmental protection progress, gone.

There is hope in people. There is always, and only, hope in people.

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You did. Remember that. Donald Trump got fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. Take hope there.

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The USA can't come together. The notion makes no sense. The government is made up of people who explicitly hate people of the wrong colour, religion, gender or sexuality. You can't come together with people who hate you. Colbert can come together with Republicans because he is rich, white, straight and Christian. How…

No. He could not. He has no way to force the Senate to do anything.

In 2018, there are not enough competitive Senate seats up for grabs to make a difference and the House remains gerrymandered to fuck. So, Republicans have complete control of all the branches of government for at least 4 years, and the Supreme Court for a generation.

Yep. No white people will be affected by the massive economic downturn. No white people are going to lose health insurance.